STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1072

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 81

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred S.B. No. 81 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STARLIGHT RESERVE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to extend the termination date of the Starlight Reserve Advisory Committee from June 30, 2011, to June 30, 2013.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources, University of Hawai‘i System, Department of Transportation, and the Chair of the Hawaii Starlight Reserve Committee testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported the intent of this measure.  A concerned individual opposed this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2112.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 81, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 81, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business,

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair